19 colleges obtain Accelerating Academic Success Program grants

The NCAA has awarded Accelerating Academic Success Program grants price a complete of greater than $1.7 million to 19 faculties and universities. The grants are awarded to eligible Division I colleges to extend student-athlete educational success and strengthen efforts designed to extend student-athlete commencement.

The 19 faculties and universities that earned AASP grants for 2025-26 are:

• Alcorn State.
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• Austin Peay.
• Coppin State.
• Delaware State.
• Grambling.
• Houston Christian.
• La Salle.
• Long Beach State.
• Morehead State.
• Norfolk State.
• North Carolina A&T.
• Northwestern State.
• Saint Peter’s.
• University of South Carolina Upstate.
• Southern University.
• Tennessee State.
• Texas Southern.
• Western Illinois.

“On behalf of the NCAA, I want to congratulate each of the 19 schools that were awarded a single-year Accelerating Academic Success Program grant for the 2025-26 academic year,” mentioned Felicia Martin, NCAA senior vp of inclusion, training and neighborhood engagement. “We are pleased that grant recipients can address the needs of and fill the gaps that impact the student-athlete experience with creative solutions and initiatives, innovative tools and resources that influence academic success and graduation outcomes. The NCAA remains resolute when affirming the importance of academic achievement and remains committed to AASP, as it provides a service and offers resources for our membership.” 

AASP grants assist limited-resource colleges with infrastructure, staffing, programming, developmental coaching and different initiatives, together with these targeted on well-being and vitamin. 

The grants additionally empower colleges to construct sustainable applications that promote educational achievement, enhance Academic Progress Rate outcomes and commencement charges and strengthen the collaboration between employees members in athletics and teachers. 

AASP grants are awarded yearly, and colleges which can be chosen could obtain as much as $100,000.

Funds have been utilized in a wide range of methods, together with wants round expertise, tutoring, the skilled growth of employees and student-athletes, educational tools and provides, facility wants and psychological well being applications for student-athletes. 

An AASP Summit, which shall be held Sept. 28-Oct. 1 on the NCAA nationwide workplace in Indianapolis, will present the faculties with further assets, instruments and data on methods to boost their campus educational applications and the general student-athlete expertise. The NCAA additionally acknowledged 4 student-athletes with the AASP Student-Athlete Career Development Award earlier this 12 months. The award offers them with entry to NCAA skilled growth programming.